Labour Migration for Decent Work in Afghanistan: Issues and Challenges

Wickramasekara, Piyasiri; Baruah, Nilim

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2359158

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“…Our understanding of the business environment in Afghanistan is limited, which is mostly due to several years of war (with the Soviet Union from 1979 to 1989, and, more recently, the civil war against the Taliban regime). Despite having achieved steady economic growth and social development in recent years, the country is still considered to be one of the least developed countries in the world [102]. Therefore, it is necessary to understand which factors are essential for enhancing business performance in this environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

Working in a Physically Dangerous Work Environment: Employee Vitality and Sustainable Behavior

2019

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There is a limited understanding of the antecedents and consequences of employee vitality during war zone exposure. The current study is one of the first ones to investigate the direct effects of perceived danger on employee vitality by collecting data from Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Furthermore, it was investigated how employee vitality affects sustainable behavior at the workplace. The hypotheses of the study have been tested by using data from two surveys collected from 192 employees working in small-sized private businesses in Afghanistan. The results indicate that high levels of perceived danger negatively impact employee vitality at work. In addition, we found that employees with vitality engage in more pro-environmental behavior in the workplace. The engagement of vital employees in pro-environmental behavior is higher among those employees who have a high level of environmental awareness. This paper concludes by presenting the limitations and implications of this study, as well as highlighting potential avenues for future research.

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Working in a Physically Dangerous Work Environment: Employee Vitality and Sustainable Behavior

2019

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“…In a business context in which the main concern and first priority of employees is physical safety (Wickramasekara & Baruah, 2013; Zangana, 2008) and the most common organizational structures in businesses are hierarchical, internal marketing can make workplaces friendlier by getting the employees closer to upper managers. The managers will be in a better position to send signals to employees about what behaviors or acts are rewarded, accepted, and valued.…”

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“…Despite experiencing steady economic growth and social development in recent years, Afghanistan still appears as one of the least developed countries throughout the world (Wickramasekara & Baruah, 2013). Progress and development of Afghanistan have been impeded by political, economic, and cultural obstacles.…”

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Employee creativity in war zones: Empirical evidence from small firms in Afghanistan

2020

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The major concern of employees during times of war and conflict is apparently physical survival. But how are top managers of small-sized companies enhancing the generation of novel and useful ideas by their employees in such physically dangerous business environments? In Afghanistan, as a war-torn country, this research examined for the first time how getting closer to employees-which is conceptualized as internal marketing orientation culture in our study-directly affects the generation of novel and useful ideas by employees in the workplace. Our analysis is based on survey data from 81 newly established small-sized companies in Afghanistan. Results indicate a mediating role of employees' perceived psychological safety on the relationship between internal market orientation culture and employees' creative work involvement. Moreover, we discuss the impact of employees' creative work involvement on small-sized firm competitiveness improvement in general. Finally, we extend our implications in the context of the componential theory model of creativity, which might also serve as a framework for future research.

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“…The Altai Consulting 2008 study of cross-border movements from Afghanistan to Pakistan found substantial underregistration of cross-border movements by Afghan authorities. "The vast majority of border crossings were not being recorded, because individuals and entire families did not report their movement at border posts, preferring instead to cross the border freely and easily, without showing either passport or justifying a visa to enter Pakistan" (Wickramasekara and Baruah 2013). During just one morning (September 11, 2008), actual entries into Pakistan through the Torkham border were 12,934 and actual exits 23,934, but official records enumerated only 150 entries and 138 exits (Majidi 2009).…”

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Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan

Smith¹

2018

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International labor migration is becoming an increasingly important employment strategy for developing countries. However, while increasing mobility creates huge potential increases in global welfare, accessing these gains requires careful management and facilitation of labor flows to avoid low-level equilibria. Sending countries will need to design labor-sending systems that balance increased mobility with protection throughout the entire migration process, while ensuring that supply and demand for specific skills are matched. This note proposes a structure for designing a labor-sending system and applies this structure to an assessment of the existing labor-sending system in Afghanistan, which is currently in very nascent stages and is missing many fundamental elements. It then applies the findings of this assessment to propose a way forward in building Afghanistan's labor-sending system, along with an estimate of how long it will take for the system to become operational.

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Labour Migration for Decent Work in Afghanistan: Issues and Challenges

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

Working in a Physically Dangerous Work Environment: Employee Vitality and Sustainable Behavior

Working in a Physically Dangerous Work Environment: Employee Vitality and Sustainable Behavior

Employee creativity in war zones: Empirical evidence from small firms in Afghanistan

Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan

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